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August 24th

Ninety Miles celebrates Cuba's jazz link

<p style="text-align: justify;">Band members Stefon Harris, David Sánchez and Christian Scott are part of Cuban-themed show Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl. Ninety Miles. By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2011. You might think that a jazz ensemble project named Ninety Miles was paying tribute, in plural, to a genius trumpeter with the last name of Davis. In fact, its members — Stefon Harris (vibraphone and marimba), David Sánchez (saxophone) and Christian Scott (trumpet), who'll perform Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl take their collective moniker from a very different source. Read More

Arthur Frommer: Cuba heads list of top 15 bargain vacations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tue Aug 23 2011. The lush beaches of the Mayan Riviera are all the more inviting thanks to a low-priced offer from a Wyndham resort in the popular Mexican tourist region. The lush beaches of the Mayan Riviera are all the more inviting thanks to a low-priced offer from a Wyndham resort in the popular Mexican tourist region. The lush beaches of the Mayan Riviera are all the more inviting thanks to a low-priced offer from a Wyndham resort in the popular Mexican tourist region. Read More

Unasur to Discuss Economic Crisis and Creation of Electoral Body

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Glenda Pardo. Buenos Aires, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on Wednesday will discuss how to address the current international economic crisis and the creation of an electoral body within the bloc. The meeting of foreign ministers of UNASUR will be held in the framework of the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on Latin America and East Asia (Focalae), the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced. Read More

More Cuban Young People Working in Agriculture

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Lourdes Chang. 12:57Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The number of young Cubans currently working in the agricultural sector increased after Decree 259, outlining the government's intention to distribute idle land, came into effect. Of the 22,918 young people carrying out farm work, more than 10,000 joined this sector to take advantage of the benefits of this law. Read More

Raul Castro showing impatience at slow reform pace

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jeff Franks. HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro has sounded increasingly impatient in recent months with the slow implementation of his economic reforms, which he publicly blames mostly on bureaucratic sloth and resistance to change. In public statements, he has accused government cadres of laziness, corruption, neglect and ideological rigidity and has repeatedly urged them to reject old revolutionary dogma and embrace new ways of thinking. Read More

Omara Portuondo, Buena Vista Social Club and Arturo Sandoval all together in a concert

<p style="text-align: justify;">August 23, 2011. Omara Portuondo, Buena Vista Social Club and Arturo Sandoval will be together in a gig dedicated to Cuba in the Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90068.The theme night will be this coming Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8 p.m. and it will be a jazz night dedicated to the Isle of Music as some people call Cuba. Omara and Buenavista Social Club are in a tour through the United States and some countries of Europe, they will be having a night dedicated to Cuba with Arturo Sandoval at the Hollywood Bowl of California. Tickects can already be bought at the ticketmaster. Read More

Five-Year Study of Major Cuban Cave System Concluded

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.23 - 10:37:20 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. CAMAGUEY, CUBA.-&nbsp; A scientific expedition on the Mexico cave system located in the Sierra de Cubitas mountain range, in the province of Camaguey, concluded after five years of continued work. The Eduardo Alfredo Martel Speleologist Group, the first one created after the triumph of the Revolution, led the research sponsored by the Group for Geographic, Speleologist and Environmental Studies, according to the local newspaper’s website Adelante.&nbsp; Read More

Cuba calls for respect for Syrian sovereignty

<p style="text-align: justify;">GENEVA, August 22.—Rodolfo Reyes, Cuba’s representative to the UN Human Rights Council, stated today that the island rejects "any attempt to ignore Syria’s sovereignty." Reyes added, "It is in the hands of the Syrian people and their authorities to determine their will and future." Read More

August 23rd

Cuba to strengthen tax administration

<p style="text-align: justify;">English.news.cn. 2011-08-23 10:20:46. HAVANA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Cuba will strengthen tax administration to fight tax evasion and other illegal activities in the second half of the year, a tax official said Monday. The National Tax Administration Office of Cuba (ONAT) will reassess and reorganize its audit work in line with the rapid growth in the number of self-employed workers as a result of the island country's economic reform, the office's deputy head Alberto Fernandez said. Read More

Cuba takes over as head of disarmament body

<p style="text-align: justify;">GENEVA (AP) — Nearly a half-century after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba is head of the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament.Cuba succeeded North Korea on Tuesday as chair of the world's main forum against nuclear arms that has been stalemated since it wrote the nuclear test ban treaty in 1996.Cuba's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez, told diplomats it's unacceptable that almost 23,000 nuclear weapons still exist, including 7,560 ready to use. Read More